Having the site down allowed for a tremendous amount of backend work to be done (a more thorough IT explanation in the next post). For those not familiar with that side of things, an analogy would be that we were constantly maintaining, patching and repairing a crumbling building. The last few days enabled the old building to be demolished, new foundations laid, materials tested and then assembled.

Now, we can, without constant distraction,...

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Hope no one minds but I'm going to close/lock this thread and correspond directly with the posters above via email. Juggling a few too many things atm, still IT stuff :dunno: .

goulaigan will be first on my list of emails. The email will be called rsync nightmare.

:) Thanks again for the above,
Pat

P.S. That busy that Sarah and I haven't even had a beer together in the last fortnight :O

The following problems should only affect a tiny fraction of users.
If using Google Chrome, you may find ; upon registration, after solving the Captcha or 'Sortable' correctly you are told you are incorrect; not being able to login using your proper username and password; when posting, finding the 'Add Files' button not working.

Solution/s

This problem is extremely rare although a few users on other phpBB forum software...

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Got a strange one Pat & Sarah. I received a My first post notification so I clicked on it...It took me to page 324 . Seems to be 327 pages :think: :think: :think: Tried it 3x and same result..I went back to yesterdays email and the notification went through properly ..
J

As mentioned in the post 2017 - A Major New Year for the Site , an incredible amount of work has been spent on the new site structure, which will make the information on BIABrewer.info fast and easy to find.

In this thread, I'll try to explain the coming changes in a series of posts, which I'll endeavour to write every few days or so. These updates will include, but not be limited to:

Why 2017 and Not...

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Hi there shetc and thanks for your questions.

In the temporary skin (the one with green header) active topics can be changed at the bottom. In the Gold skin, this option is accessed by clicking the filter button arrowed in the pic below BUT that button is failing (see Update below).

In the new site structure, recipes will be much easier to find but I like your idea of being able to search for posts with...

Contrary to home brewing lore, the well respected Dennis E Briggs found that thin mashes do not affect the fermentability of wort. One high quality information source has written here that thinner mashes, perform better and allow for better extraction of the grain.

Brewing chemistry is often contradictory so having a few ways of looking at the same subject may help some brewers. Dan Walker (ThirstyBoy) kindly provided the following to BIABrewer...

BIAB can give a higher volume of wort into the kettle depending on bag porosity and grain crush. In these instances, BIAB will give more trub and therefore a cloudier wort into but not out of the boil. At the end of the boil, with correct rub management, the clarity is exactly the same as a batch-sparged beer.

A cloudy wort in the boil is nothing to worry about. One high quality information source has written here that a less clear wort into the boil actually produces a better...

Would other brewers give some experiences and statistics on using 3ring (approx 25MJ / hour rated ) and 4 ring gasburners (51MJ rated) on a 50L stainless kettle with say 37 liters of mash water - 34 liters of wort to boil? - what kind of times are you experiencing? and how much gas are you running through?

I use a refractometer during during boiling to keep a touch on the SG. Yesterday I started with 1.045, increasing up to 1.056 after 60 minutes of boiling. My receipe called for 300 grams of candysugar 15 minutes before boil-end. That increased the SG to 1.060. So, coming to the transfer to fermentation chamber, I took the last OG-reading and saw 1.057 :-) My hydrometer read 1.067.
So, reading a lot again in this forum, I found an answer saying that refractormeter readings could be pretty...

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It sounds like you are going through the exact same process as me! :lol:

By the way I think the scale on your hydro is too wide (and/or deviations too small).
I did consider getting a 0-50, and 50-100 hydro at one point but that meant more expense :angry: so just rely on the refrac now.

There are good and bad points with both methods and it is your personal choice in the end which you use, but that pic highlights my problems with hydros IMHO .
Cloudy wort means you cannot see the meniscus...

Does anybody use a skimmer to remove hot break? Pros or Cons? Is it a worth while activity?

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For a minute I thought you had come up with a way to use a protein skimmer (aquarium) to remove trub.
I don't know how they work but I think it would be great to be able to extract all liquid and leave pure solids behind.

As for skimming; it seems it is one of those that some do some don't.
As I no chill, and I will always end up with cold break anyway (and I always pitch within a week), I don't see the advantage.

Will my 40L buffalo hold 35L water + a 7kg grain bill? Doing the Pliny clone tomorrow and just need to know in advance?
Thanks
L

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Hi Lars, I have a buffalo urn, when you put your measurements into Biabicus you will see it calculates the total volume to around 43.2 litres. All you need to do is measure the depth and width and the smarts in Biabicus works out all the tricky stuff for you.

So the volume right to the rim is a little more than the stated capacity. However a word of warning (from my own failure) don't fill the urn and grain bill right to the very top. The Swiss voil acts like a syphon. The guys here call it...

I've so far got about 6 BIAB's under my belt and I'm loving the whole process but along with a few other questions, for another time and thread, when it comes to moving the wort from the kettle to the FV I have a few issues :scratch: .
I haven't got an immersion chiller so I use my bath and sit my 50ltr stock pot in a cold bath, changing the water about 3 times, to get the wort to pitching temp, this probably takes about 45 mins ish.
I've tried a couple of ways of transferring to my FV;...

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A clothes peg works just as well as a clip. And that's all I have to say...!

I completed my first brew with my new 70 litre pot today.
the pot has a 45 cm diameter and a 4500 watt electric element.
I used biabacus spread sheet which predicted a 10.21 litre loss to evaporation for 90 minute boil.
If my measurements are correct I actually lost 13.47 so about 9 litres per hour,is this a typical loss for a pot of this diameter? ,my boil didnt seem excessively hard and was boiling at about 98 c as i live at 650 meters above sea level.
I had my pid set to 99 but the...

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I just bought a used Blichmann burner and it only has an adjusting valve on top of the regulator. The burner itself is HUGE. It'll be awesome for larger boils.. and I'll play with it for my next small batch.. the burner seems VERY WELL made. I'm thinking I'll really have to learn the valve on that one to avoid both burning off a ton of propane and/or boiling off a lot of my wort.

Anyhow, I believe the result of my experience is paying close attention to where the valve is. With the Blichmann,...

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